Tuesday morning at 4 am Jake came into our room and alerted Randy. I was pretty deep in sleep, but could hear some rustling going on with Piglet as well as him making some noise. I assumed he was just getting comfortable, but when Randy wasn’t coming back to the room and the noises persisted I knew something was happening and I went to see what it was. When I walked in the office Piglet was having a full-blown seizure: body twitching, mouth foaming, and he was in zero control. Needless to say I freaked. Piglet is 13 and has been blessed with good health. While I want him to live forever, I acknowledge that he has had a great, long life. This being said, I did not want this to be the end. After what seemed like forever but was probably only a minute or two he stopped seizing but was clearly disoriented. Piglet’s back legs did not seem to be working and he was not really responding. His legs began working but then he started frantically walking around the house, bumping into things, and not knowing where he wanted to go. I called the ER vet but was told that as long as he stopped seizing to wait to take him to the regular vet. I did my best to stay calm and tried to get Piglet to relax. Randy went back to bed and I stayed with Piglet on the couch to get him to go to sleep. While no timing is good timing for having a seizure, this was especially bad because the next day we were heading to Great Wolf Lodge with a bunch of other friends. Oh how I wanted this to not be a big deal but deep down I knew that this would not be a one-time event. Later that afternoon I took Piglet to the vet and he checked out well so they did some blood work to see what was up. I left the vet hopeful and optimistic. Wednesday morning I woke up refreshed having a full night of sleep only to find out that Piglet did have another seizure and this time only Randy got up with him. The good news was it was not as long as the other one but the bad news was this meant two seizures in 24 hours. Ugh. Luckily the vet got us in at 8 am and prescribed Piglet some anti-seizure medication. I am happy to report that it is now Friday and Piglet has not had a seizure since Wednesday morning. I am grateful that he is responding well to the medication but I am also sad that this means something is not right with him. Piglet is for sure “my dog” and I am not ready for this to be the end. Right now I am just thankful that he is doing well, but every time I leave the house I get concerned for when I get home because I would hate for him to have a seizure when we are not here. I am not sure what the next steps will be, but next week we will find out more. Maybe we will just keep him on the current medication or maybe we will run more tests. The hard thing about the current medication is it has to be given three times per day, so someone has to be around to give it to him. This is possible to do for a bit, but I know we can’t expect to always be home during the day. Jackson is more aware about what is happening than Wyatt but neither really understand what a seizure is, and I am so glad they didn’t witness either one. So for now I will spend as much time with Piglet as I can and take him out as often as possible to get love from others.
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